Cute Garden Amigurumi Bowl - Mushroom Mushroom

Button Mushroom pals... little (well, pretty good size, really) friends who hide down in the bowl and surprise the recipient when they are found. A perfect addition to our Garden Amigurumi Bowl today!

I was totally going to go off the rails and make these mushroom pals more psychedelic than realistic and decided that I will stick to the theme. And tell you, instead... if you use a bright colored variegated yarn for the tops and stem of this cute little guy you move him closer to Wonderland than to the garden. Or into a fairy garden.

Supplies
Worsted weight yarn in a light tan or white and in a light brown - I used Fair Isle Yarn Liberty in Cloud and Walnut
4.5mm crochet hook
polyfil or doll stuffing
yarn or darning needle
safety eyes - I used 6mm
scissors
stitch marker

Abbreviations
SC = Single Crochet
BLO = Back Loop Only - when you look down from the top of a crochet stitch it forms a V, Back Loop Only picks up only the back of this V when crocheting. It is used in this pattern as a method to turn a corner and make an edge, so that the bottom of the mushroom top and bottom of the stem are flat.
INC = Increase
DEC = Decrease
MR = Magic Ring
F/O = Finish Off

Notes
I carried my lighter color forward and didn't cut it when I changed color to do the bottom of the cap, see photos below.

This is a super simple little doll, very small. I recommend taking your time and being creative. You can change his colors to dress him up a little... or make a few of them so that you have a bunch of mushrooms. Have fun!

Mushroom Mushroom
Begin working with your lighter color.
Round 1: 6 SC in a MR (6) - draw tight and sew in your end after Round 2
Round 2: INC in each around (12)
Round 3: SC then INC and repeat around (18)
Round 4: 2 SC then INC and repeat around (24)
Rounds 5-9: SC around (24)
Round 10: Change color to darker brown. Working in BLO 2 SC then DEC and repeat around (18)
Round 11: SC then DEC and repeat around (12)

Stuff the top as full as you can get it without stretching the stitches now, it will be difficult to do it after the next Round

Round 12: DEC in each around (6)
Rounds 13-14: Change color to the lighter color. SC around (6)
Round 15: SC then INC and repeat around (9)
Round 16: 2 SC then INC and repeat around (12)
Rounds 17-19: SC in each around (12)
Round 20: BLO DEC in each around (6) stitch the front loop only of each of the remaining stitches and draw the bottom tight then sew in your end and lose the tail in the body of the mushroom.

Super fast... super cute... this little guy makes the perfect addition to the Garden Bowl!

It's getting so full... can you see him down there?